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And, we must not forget, from http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-02-20-clinton-oracle.htm:

02/06/2002 - Updated 05:21 PM ET
Clinton greeted warmly at Oracle event

Bill Haber, AP
Former President Clinton addresses Oracle's convention Monday in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Clinton, shunning discussion of the Marc Rich pardon, told business software and Internet specialists Monday he was fortunate to be president while their industry blossomed.
With about two dozen demonstrators gathered outside the hall protesting the Rich pardon and other of Clinton's recent political troubles, the audience of nearly 10,000 inside the convention hall gave Clinton a standing ovation before and after his speech.
Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO, introduced Clinton as a courageous leader whose aggressive moves to foster global trade — while unpopular in the former president's Democratic Party — gave America's technology leaders unprecedented opportunities to tap world markets.
Ellison invited Clinton four months ago to speak at this week's Oracle Appsworld Convention, a massive gathering of the company's software developers and trading partners. Clinton was paid for the speech, but the fee was not disclosed. He was paid $100,000 for his first speaking engagement after leaving the White House..."

From http://www.e-businessworld.com/english/crd_ebiz_297649.html:

Oracle snares former White House press secretary

Oracle announced Tuesday that former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart has joined the business software supplier and will become a member of its senior management team reporting directly to the company's Chairman and Chief Excutive Officer Larry Ellison.

Lockhart will focus on refining and communicating Oracle's business strategy, the company said in a statement. Prior to joining the White House staff in 1997, where he served as assistant to the president and press secretary, Lockhart also was national press secretary for the Bill Clinton/Al Gore 1996 re-election campaign.

"Joe brings perspective and experience not commonly found in Silicon Valley companies," Ellison said in the statement.

The announcement follows the departures of two high-ranking Oracle executives in recent months, which had raised concerns among industry observers about the stability of the high-flying database vendor's senior management team.

Earlier this month, Oracle's Executive Vice President Gary Bloom, a 14-year veteran of the company, left to become chief executive officer at Veritas Software.

Bloom's departure further depleted the company's top management ranks in the aftermath of the surprise resignation in early July of Ray Lane, the company's president and chief operating officer.